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Women with sleeping difficulties may be at greater risk of high blood pressure, study finds

Insomnia Women Hypertension

Feeling awful after getting a COVID-19 booster? That's a good sign, study says

Drinking dark tea each day may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, study finds

Dark Tea Diabetes Study

Tenacious curiosity in the lab can lead to a Nobel Prize – as 2 Penn scientists just demonstrated

Penn Nobel Prize

Struggling to stick to a vegetarian diet? Blame your genes

Vegetarian Diet Genes

Penn scientists receive Nobel Prize for research that led to COVID-19 vaccines

This spider's venom may help treat erectile dysfunction – but that's not as unusual as it sounds

Spider Venom ED

For millions with long COVID, some answers are emerging about its causes

Long Covid Study

Taking aspirin while on birth control pills may increase the risk of blood clots, study finds

Birth Control NSAID Blood Clot

Eating healthy foods can help boost one's mental health

Mental Health Food

Spotted lanternflies may not harm trees as badly as initially feared

Spotted Lanternflies Trees

Alternative Medicine

Turmeric may be as effective at treating indigestion as a common acid reflux drug, study finds

Turmeric Health Benefits

High blood pressure impacts one-third of adults, but most are not properly treated, WHO says

High Blood Pressure WHO

Warning signs for cardiac arrest are different in men and women, study finds

Ambulance Cardiac Arrest

Women who undergo infertility treatments may have a higher risk of stroke – but it remains rare, study finds

Fruit and vegetable 'prescriptions' may boost heart health, study says

Produce Prescriptions Health

COVID-19 may trigger high blood pressure, study finds

Children's Health

Excessive screen time linked to developmental delays in babies and toddlers, study finds

Baby Screen Time

Severe pregnancy complications have surged in Pennsylvania, and they're particularly prevalent in Philly

A Mediterranean lifestyle involves more than eating healthy – but it lowers the risk of early death, research shows

Mediterranean Lifestyle Study

Sleep deprivation harms the heart, and catching up on weekends may not help

Sleeping In Health

Can coffee or a nap make up for sleep deprivation?

Sleep Deprivation Coffee

Cancer rates among people in their 30s have risen significantly, study finds

Cancer Young Adults

Natural gas fracking in Pa. linked to asthma, childhood lymphoma, research finds

Fracking childhood cancer study

Menstrual discs are better for heavy periods than tampons or pads, study finds

Menstrual Products Study

Suicide deaths reached an all-time high in the US in 2022, CDC reports

Suicide Deaths CDC

Philly giving low-income parents $500 monthly through guaranteed income program

Philly Guaranteed Income

Children's Health

Eating breakfast improves academic performance, and in Pennsylvania, all public schools again will serve it for free

Pa. Free Breakfast Shapiro

Women who consume sugary drinks every day are at higher risk for liver cancer, study finds

Sugary drinks liver disease

A wearable device may one day help women detect breast cancer early – and at home

Breast Cancer Screening Bra

Black women weigh emerging risks of 'creamy crack' hair straighteners

Kombucha may help people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood sugar levels, study finds

Kombucha Health Benefits

Loss of smell no longer a common sign of COVID-19 infection, researchers find

COVID Loss Smell

Men historically have drank themselves to death more often than women – but that is changing, study finds

Alcohol Deaths Women

Extreme heat and air pollution doubles risk of a fatal heart attack, study finds

Heat Waves and Poor Air Quality

Psychedelic mushrooms may be helpful treating people with anorexia, clinical trials show

Meat allergies caused by lone star ticks have increased dramatically, CDC finds

Tick AGS Meat Allergy

Children's Health

Watching too much TV as a child boosts risk of high blood pressure, obesity and other health conditions, study finds

Screen Time Health Risks

Why do dieters so often regain weight? Drexel, Penn researchers join national study to find better answers

Diet Weight Gain

Jersey Shore's harbor seals to be tagged for first time through nearly $700,000 state grant

NJ harbor seals

A high BMI does not necessarily increase one's risk of death, study finds

Maternal deaths in the U.S. have more than doubled since 1999, study finds

Maternal mortality

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